N¼nNp«³.sWäv k`n] fp«NÄ Fsâ N®n`pw fq¡n`pw fp«n sNm*n^p¶p. ASnWp fm{Sw Wà S\p¸p. fpS`man AXn SpXÀ¶p. “”B.Òvfv..im.. FWn¡p k^ps¶Xm. “”fpS`man Bj¯n N]än AXn¨p. FWn¡p lzmhw fp«n. fpS`man]psX Np«³ Fsâ km]n H¶p kn_¨p. fpS`man]psX bm Fsâ km]n Wn_ªp. A`vbw D¸pw,ssN]vbpw,sI_n] fVp^kpw DÅ IqXp bm`v. FWn¡p Sp¸m³ B]nà fpS`man Np® Du^p¶nÃ. Mm³ ASp fpjpk³ NpXn¨n_¡n. “”W¡n kr¯n]ms¡Xm. bm fpjpk³ NpXnt¨m\w ASp FWn¡p WnÀdÔw B\v.”” Mm³ W¡n H^p SpÅn bm sbm`pfnÃmsS kr¯n]m¡n sNmXp¯p. Ct¸mam\p tKm\nt¨«³ C§sW Hs¡ sI]vSp sNmXp¯Snsâ Nm^yw fWÊn`m]Sp. fpS`man tKm\ns¨«sâ]pw ]KfWm³ B\p! Smsj k¶p C¶p WX¶sSÃmw HmÀ¯p Mm³ H¶p Np`p¡n Naªn«p W¶m]n D_§n.CWn Wmsa Fs´ms¡ Bt\m.
tW^w bp`À¶Sp A_nªtS CÃ….H^p Pm[ Wn{U]n Mm³ `]n¨p sbm]Sm\p. D\À¶t¸mÄ tKm`n¡m^n tI¨n b_ªp “”fpS`man b\nØ`t¯¡v tbm]n…Npªp Njn¨n«p tkPw sIÃq””. Mm³ tkPw Bim^w Njn¨p…b_¼n fpS`man tKm`n¡mÀ¡p WnÀt±lw sNmXp¡pN]m]n^p¶p. tKm\nt¨«³ FÃmw A_nªp F¶ AÀT¯n Fs¶ tWm¡n In^n¨p. fpS`man Fsâ AXp¯p k¶p “”Zm C¶p F{S b\n¡mÀ k¶p,Fs´ms¡ sI]vSp,tSm«¯n Wn¶p F{S Nns`m Np^pfpaNpw Nm¸n]pw b_n¨p Fs¶ms¡ Wo FjpSn k]v¡\w..sskNpt¶^w FÃmÀ¡pw DÅ Nq`n Wo Fsâ ssN]n Wn¶p km§n sNmXp¡\w.bns¶ I^¡p knäSnsâ Nmlp Fs¶ NrSyfm]n G`vbn¡\w..B tKm\n¨Wpw Wns¶ him]n¡pw. fWÊn`ms]m WnW¡p?””. “”fWÊn`m]n fpS`man””Mm³ b_ªp. “”bns¶ WnW¡p Fs´¦n`pw dp²nfp«ps*¦n b_ªm fSn..B As¸mÄ Wnsâ tKm`n WX¡s«”” fpS`man WX¶p Wo§n.
Mm³ B k`n] tSm«¯n`qsX WX¶p..b\n¡mÀ Fs¶ tWm¡n Fs´ms¡s]m b_ªp In^n¨p…Mm³ Ak^psX AXp¡s`¡p sI¶p. “”Npªp k¶Sp W¶m]n tKm\n¡p«n¡p CWn Np_¨p kn{lfn¡fv…bmkw Fs´ms¡ tKm`nNam sIt¿*Sp…sim Nps_ Nãsb«p””. “”AsS AsS fpS`man Npt_ skÅw NpXn¸n¨p”” fsäm^mÄ Cu b\n¡m^sW tWm¡n N®n_p¡n A]mÄ SpXÀ¶p. FÃm^pw Nm^yw fWÊn`m] AÀT¯n sbm«nIn^n¨p. “”tI«sâ tbs^´m”” Mm³ tImUn¨p. “”tNlk³ ,F´m Nptª tImUn¨Sp?””. ‘H¶pfnà tI«m fpS`mans]mXp H¶p hqIn¸nt¨¡mw’. “”As¿m ISn¡sà Npsª M§Ä H^p Sfml¡p b_ªSm,Npªp AsSm¶pw Nm^yfm]n FXps¡*””. “”l^n tI«m F¦n b\n WX¡s«””.
sskNpt¶^w B]s¸mÄ fpS`man tKm\nt¨«Wpfm]n Fsâ N¼nNp«³.sWäv